Revelation 15:1-16:6
English Standard Version
The Seven Angels with Seven Plagues
15 Then (A)I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing, (B)seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished.
2 And I saw (C)what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire—and also those (D)who had conquered the beast and its image and (E)the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass (F)with harps of God in their hands. 3 And they sing (G)the song of Moses, (H)the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,
(I)“Great and amazing are your deeds,
O Lord God the Almighty!
(J)Just and true are your ways,
O King of the nations![a]
4 (K)Who will not fear, O Lord,
and glorify your name?
For you alone are (L)holy.
(M)All nations will come
and worship you,
for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
5 After this I looked, and (N)the sanctuary of (O)the tent[b] of witness in heaven was opened, 6 and out of the sanctuary came (P)the seven angels with the seven plagues, clothed in pure, bright (Q)linen, (R)with golden sashes around their chests. 7 And one of (S)the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven (T)golden bowls full of the wrath of God (U)who lives forever and ever, 8 and (V)the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and (W)no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.
The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath
16 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling (X)the seven angels, “Go and (Y)pour out on the earth (Z)the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”
2 So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and harmful and painful (AA)sores came upon the people who bore (AB)the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
3 The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and (AC)it became like the blood of a corpse, and (AD)every living thing died that was in the sea.
4 The third angel poured out his bowl into (AE)the rivers and the springs of water, and (AF)they became blood. 5 And I heard the angel in charge of the waters[c] say,
(AG)“Just are you, (AH)O Holy One, (AI)who is and who was,
for you brought these judgments.
6 For (AJ)they have shed the blood of (AK)saints and prophets,
and (AL)you have given them blood to drink.
It is what they deserve!”
Footnotes
- Revelation 15:3 Some manuscripts the ages
- Revelation 15:5 Or tabernacle
- Revelation 16:5 Greek angel of the waters
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